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' 17 Claims. 1

This invention relates to data writing machines. More specifically, it is concerned with data writing machines of the type disclosed in a co-pending patent application Serial No. 672,526 filed by Robert J. Crissy on May 2'7, 1946 (now abandoned), designed for transfer of typed or otherwise inscribed data upon master sheets or cards with copying ink, to successive areas of a continuous strip of paper or the like intermittently advanced over a segmental platen surface on a press element or rotor, enroute from a supplyreel to a take-up reel also carried by said rotor. During each actuation or revolution of the rotor, the successively opposed areas of the strip on the platen surface are wetted by contact with a moisture applying means before being brought into pressure contact with the master data sheets or cards successively fed into and advanced through the machine, to receive imprints of the data from said sheets or cards, with incidental punching device on the rotor.

One of the aims of my invention is to provide in a data writing machine characterized as above, means for serially numbering and at the same time counting the master sheets or cards as they are successively passed through the machine, capable of adjustment both circumferentially and transversely of the rotor so that the numbering may be applied at any desired location on said master sheets or cards.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved means for intermittently advancing the strip and maintaining it at uniform tension as it passes over the platen surface of the rotor enroute from the supply reel to the take-up reel.

Still another object of my invention is to provide control mechanism whereby, in the absence of a data sheet or card in the machine at any time, the strip feeding means and the numbering and counting means are automatically rendered inoperative, with concurrent withdrawal of the moistening means of the machine to a retracted position to avoid wiping of the exposed area of the strip then arrested on the platen surface of therotor.

A further aim of my invention is to provide means automatically operative to prevent feeding of cards into the machine in the event of rupture of the strip.

Other objects and attendant advantages will appear from the following detailed description of the attached drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a view, in top plan, of a data writing machine conveniently embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows the elevation of one side of the machine. V I

Fig. 3 shows the elevation of the other side of the machine.

Fig. 4 shows the elevation of the front or receiving end of the machine.

- perforation of the strip at regular intervals by a i Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view in vertical section.

taken as indicated by the angled arrows X--X in Figs. 5, 7 and 11.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary sectional view taken as indicated by the angled arrows XI-aXI in Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of one of the elements of the machine shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary sectional view taken as indicated by the angled arrows XIIIXIII in Figs. 7 and 11.

Figs. 14-16 are views like Fig. 13 with various parts differently positioned.

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken as indicated by the angled arrows XVII-XVII in Fig. 6.

Fig. 18 is a vertical section taken as indicated by the angled arrows XVIII-XVIII in Figs. 5, 7 and 19.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary sectional view taken as indicated by the angled arrows XIX-XIX in Fig. 18. I

Fig. 20 is a perspective view of one of the elements of the machine shown in Figs. 17 and 18.

Fig. 21 is a fragmentary detail sectional view taken as indicated by the angled arrows XXL-XXI in Fig. 5, and showing a scale arrangement for facilitating the adjustment of the number printing means circumferentially of the rotor.

Fig. 22 is a detailed section taken as indicated by the angled arrows XXIIXXII in Fig. 8.

Fig. 23 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view like Fig. 6 with certain of the parts differently positioned.

Fig. 24 is a fragmentary view in staggered transverse section taken as indicated by the angled arrows XXIV-XXIV in Fig. 6, showing more particularly the control mechanism by which actuation of the strip feeding means and the number printing and counting means is prevented in the absence of a data sheet or card in the machine.

Fig. 25 is a fragmentary detail view in section, taken as indicated by the angled arrows Q VXXV in Figs. land 5 showing the tape punching means.

Figs. 26 and 27 are fragmentary views in longi- Fig. 28 'is a fraigmentary view showing'the control mechanism in'top plan.

Fig. 29 is a perspective view of one of the con stituent parts in the control mechanism.

Fig. 30 shows a portion of the strip after transfer thereto of data from several of the master sheets or cards.

Fig. 31 shows one of the 'datasheets or cards with a serial number printed thereonta'f-ter its passage through the machine; and

Fig. 32 shows the machine in side elevation with inclusion of the means 'by which the data sheets or cards are successively fed thereinto.

As herein illustrated, my improved data writingmachine comprises aqpresselement or rotor I whereof the shaft 2 is;suppo rted at,itsopposite ends in bearings raifordedby-frames 3-, and 4 upstanding from opposite; sides of a-;b;ase 5-. The machine is arranged to be driven from, an electric motor or otherprimeamover (nt=,sh0wn) by a belt 6-trained aboutiaipuljleyfl junta-longitudinal; shaft 8s-w'hich extends into =a -hollow;9 inthe's ide frame 4. The machine. isamanua-lly' controllable. by; means -.of arhandel'ever. II] 3 forspshijftingra :splined clutch collarI-QI -'OnT-'S1 '1afl;j .-'8;YWil' hm 'aihousing I2 into 101' outmof engagement: withthea-pulley. I. Keyed to the shaftw ewithin the hollowsii-of a frame 4 is a'worm I3 which meshes-withaworm wheel I-41afiixedato 1a transverse main or; transmissionjshaft 15.. Througheagtrain ofispur gears I6, I! and I8, also within the hollow 9 of side :frame 4. rotary-motion :conrmunicated from the transmission shaftxlfirto ;th imt0lt Mounted with. capacity. fQlg-i dependent rotation :in "the Tintervalbetween;:andi-withi the confines of the two laterally-spaced circular discous side members or hadsizfls endr sj (R 3 frotor I are supply andtake up spools on-reels.

and 23; for. a-cQntinuoussfirm: 0. naper or 715118 like to whichrdataisto begj transferred from master sheets or cards 0. ,*In1pas sir 1 g .fron ;the supply spool 222th .iihGsLlifiikGfllDjSROQl-23} the strip 5 overtravels mesegmental out rfac s a p a bar 25 bridged between the heads 20 andg-Zbof the rotor I atzstheir- :D$I1Dhl'i3. .I he;;strip-S; is intermittently progressedfiby afipair oicnip, rolls 25, 21 which are intergeared as at 28 in Figs}? and 1-1. Jandwhi h-=are= a sa annie byi h motor I; One end-crime i haiti zfiaz ofc he e o .-2 extends z-throughzthe ratorrheadfl a c e thereto is .aidisk 29 ;(Figs;i6, 57.; 10, 51.1, 13-46); with ea ar -a l snacedv rpumi re alnotches; a and with ai orrespend ne i m o ate all-y proj ectingstuds ii I -:in-- rad lly alig-ned relation !to said notches. During each revolution of the rotor I inthe direction of; the .arrows respectively in Figs. '10, 13-16; a quartenturn isdmparte'd to the roll 1-25 as =one of z the studs 31 on .the -disk ,1;2'9 traverses a, groove' between a circumferential cam depression 33a in a fixed annular plate'33.,at thednner faceof the side-frame 4, andapomplementally -con'figured;.-ca-m piece 34.norma1lly. overlying said depression,- with-the result that-Ithe strip El is -.progressed'hy. a corresponding. amount for..present altion ,eac'htimea fre's'h area thereof at the. .platen-rsurface. of thejbar. 25. "Positive rota-tion not the rdll. ZISv "is insured; through successive engagement of the notchesiaosof thedisk 29. .by, a tooth 35:--normally. disposedinf'the path thereof. After the. roll 2'6is actuated :in the manne'rJust-expl'ained it is held against.'turning dur-.

ing 'the completion of an instant revolution,ofv

the.,rotor asapairof the studs 3I ride the edge the ends, of the. shaft of roll "2] are 'iourn'anjed.

, the. mat ng r011 26. In order to facilitate threading of the strip S in the machine initially, the roll 21 is retractable by means of a cam lever 40 'which,.when-'swung through a quadrant from the position of Fig. 6 to the position of Fig. 23, reacts upon the tail end 39a of one of the arms 36 of sleeve 31 to turn. the latter and thereby move said roll away from the roll 21 by a suificient distanceior the stated purpose.

As shown in Fig. 17, the spindle 45 of the takeup-spool'23 has short trunnions 45 and 4-7, and is flattened, as at 4B,- ad-jacent the trunnion 46 wh-ichlatter engages .an-axial socket at :the inner end of'a shorti shaft 4 9 .rotative in the -rotorahead 20. The flattened portion 48 of the spindlefi fits into a diametrical slot in the terminalenlargement 50 of the shaft 49 .forpositivehoupling of the take-upspool tosai-d shaft. The trunnion 4 I of -spind1e'4 5..-sim'ilar'ly engages anaxial ,socket in a flanged cylindric hearing element-,5]. which is freely. rotativ-e ina sleeve 52 screwed into .the rotor head H, and which .is urged inward of the rotor bya spring 53. To theouter protruding end of the shaft 49 -is aifixed awheel 55 withaheveled periphery in; contact. with-the complementally beveled peripheryof,-a.-similar Wheel 56., From Fig. 7 it willhe noted ithatathewheel lififisslidably splined on the bearing bossfi'l for. the .rotor shaft 2 on .a supplementary .portion 58 of the side frame 3 and maintained-infrictional engagement with the wheel 55. bya spring 59. Therefore, as the rotor I revolves, the wheel -515- in rolling about the wheel 55, will tend to ,rotate the takeup reel 23/ :andthereby.:tensionthestrip 'Sas will be readily understood i rom Fig. 6. lIntegrall-y' formed with the wheel 55-isa brake drum 611 which is surrounded bye-brake band 5| whereof one end is anchored on the rotor 'head 20 at. 62. The other. end of -the-brake :band ,-6-I is connected to short arm. 53.-at; the outerend of a rockshaift 64 which extends-\througih the rotor head 20.. To the inner end of -the,-shaft- '64 -is secured anarm 65 which, in conjunction: with a coaxially Qiulcrumed arm 65 :on; the opposite .rotor head 2'] carriesa roller-filtorun :against'the back of .the strip S 'ad-jacent-the take-up-spool {23. Thestrip supply spool =22 issimilar'ly .removably mounted in the rotor =wi-thone endof its spindle. 68 coupled with a short. shaft 69 (Fig. .17.) .in the rotor head 2}), and with its other end. engaging a spring influenced-bearingelement 10 in the rotor head 2:I. Tome-outer end of shaft 69 is secured a-drum H a which lissurrounded b-y a brake band .12 I whereof one :end is anchored at I3 on the rotor headi fl ,and the other; end; con nected to a short arm T5 at the inner .endof-a rock shaft 1-6. Anarm 11. at. the outer-.endof shaft J6 :isin .turn .connectedIbyla linkflll 'to one end; of .a lever T9 .fulcrum'ed at 81] :on. t he,r0tor head '20. As shown in Fig. '17, the'lever.I9, and a,-coaxially .fulcrumedlever- 8.I on the opposite rotor head 21, jointlysupport ,a roller iBZ'tQbear against the back. of the; strip S .adjacentjthe supply spool 2'2, se,e. Fig.. "6. Byvirtuejoffthe construction just-described. it will. be. apparent that the brakejb'andsfill vandf'l2 fare automaitically contracted upon slacking of the strip S, and relieved whenVthe-strip becomes tootense. A compensative action thus "takes place whereby the strip is maintained uniformally tautwithout imposition ordinarily of strains suchras would cause rupture.

I In its travel from the supply spool to the platen bar 25, the strip S traverses a perforating device 85 which is supported by the rotor between a suction tube 86 and a rod 81 extending crosswise of the rotor heads 20 and 2I adjacent their peripheries. As best seen in Fig. 25, the perforating device 85 .comprises a pair of plates 88 and 89 spaced by an interval for passage of the strip S between them. Guided in the plate 83 is a punch plunger 90 which is adapted to move into a coaxial aperture 9I in the plate 89, to which latter a receiver 92 is removably secured to catch the punchings cut from the strip. The punch 90 is normally held retracted by spring 93 in compression between a head at its outer end and the plate 88, with said head contacting a tappet arm 95 on a rock shaft 96 extending crosswise of the rotor, said arm having a stop projection 91 which is normally engaged with one edge of said plate. The rock shaft 95 is actuated through engagement of a finger 98 at the outer end thereof with a stud 99 extending inward from the side frame 4, see Figs. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 13.

During each revolution of the rotor I, the exposed area of the strip S- overlying the platen bar 25 is wetted by contact with the applicator roll I of a moistening device IOI, the moistening liquid being conducted to said roll by a contacting roll I02 which is partially submerged in a well I03 containing the liquid supply. The moisture thus supplied to the applicator roll I00 is evenly distributed over the surface of said roll by a doctor roll I04. Strips of belt or the like conventionally indicated at I wipe against the roll from opposite sides and across the ends and so prevent excess liquid from being carried up to the applicator roll I00. The shaft of applicator roll I00 is journalled in upward extremities I08 of a yoke element I09 which is affixed to a rock shaft II 0 which extends transversely of the machine between upward and rearward projecting bearing brackets III and I I2 bolted to the side frames 3 and 4. The shaft of the doctor roll I04 is coupled to the shaft of applicator roll I00 by a pair of spur gears H3 and borne in arms II4 on a cross shaft II 5 which is journalled in the yoke extremities I08. The applicator roll I00 is driven by a second spur pinion II3a on its shaft in mesh with a gear ring I83 on the rotor I, see Figs. 2 and 6. A screw adjustable-spring II6 acting upon an arm II! on one end of shaft H5 is relied upon to keep the doctor roll I04 pressed against the applicator roll I00. Also secured to the rock shaft H0 is a short pendant arm II8 between which and the bracket I I2 is interposed a spring II9 whereby the moistening device IN is urged toward the rotor I as far as permitted by the adjustable stop pin indicated at I20. By means of a thumb screw I2I, whereof the shank passes through a wing I22 on the yoke element I09 and threadedly engages into an upward projection I23 of arm II8, it is possible to adjust said element angularly on the shaft IIO relative to said arm against the resistance of a compression spring indicated at I24.

In addition to the other parts already described, the rotor I carries a device I25 (Figs. 1, 5 and 18) for counting and printing serial numbers upon data sheets or cards C successively fed into the machine as later on explained. This counting and printing device I25 is mounted on an arm I26 fulcrumed for adjustability about the rotor shaft bearing boss 51 on the side frame 4,

said arm havinga lateral projection I28 which over-reaches a concentric annular flange I29 at the inner side of the rotor head 20. The device I25 is securable in adjusted positions circumferentially of the rotor I by a clamp bolt I30 whereof the shank extends through the projection I28-and through a circumferential slot I3I in the flange I 28, see Figs. 5 and 21. Angular adjustment of the arm I26 is effected through coordination of a pointer I32 on the projection I28 with scale graduations I33 on the outer side face of the rotor head 20 adjacent the-periphery of the latter. The device I25 is also adjustable laterally of the projection. I28 of arm I 25 and securable in adjusted positions by means of screws selectively engageable in tapped apertures I36 of a series longitudinally of said projection. The actuating arm I31 of the device I25, has a roller I38 arranged to run on the edge of a cam I39 which normally occupies a recess formed by an annulus I40 afiixed to the supplementary portion 58 of the side frame 3 of the machine in concentric relation to the rotor shaft 2. As shown, the cam I39 is secured to a block I4I having a pair of spaced studs I42 slidably engaged in guide holes in the parts 58 and I40 at the side frame 3 of the machine. Accordingly, during each revolution of the rotor, the numbering device I25 is operated by the cam I39 to present new serial number type which is wiped against an ink saturated roller I43 on an arm I44 secured to the rock shaft IIO previously mentioned.

The data sheets or cards C successively fed into the machine in a manner later on explained, are delivered by an endless belt I50 to a plate I5I which extends beneath the rotor I. In traversing the plate I5I, the sheets or cards are held down by the ends I52 of depressing fingers I53 afiixed to the rock shaft I I0 previously referred to, being at the same time engaged at opposite side edges by guides I54. A weighted roller I55, suspended on arms I56 freely fulcrumed on the arms I53 which support the fingers I52, cooperates with the belt I50 in advancing the sheets or cards to the rotor I, said belt being trained about a pulley roll and being constantly driven by suitable means, not shown, from the main shaft I5 of the machine. As the sheets or cards C are fed into the machine they are momentarily arrested on the belt I50 by stop fingers I5'I affixed to a rock shaft I58 in the mid part ofthe machine. As shown, tails I59 onthe stops I51 engage adjustable studs I60 in the ends of arms IBI which are secured to another rock shaft I02 also in the midpart of the machine, together with an arm I03 having a roller I 64 running in contact with a rotary disk cam I65 on the shaft I5. Through a spring at I66 in Fig. 6 acting upon a tail projection I BIa of lever I6I, the roller I64 of the latter is yieldingly maintained in engagement with rotary cam I05. The rotation of the disk cam I65 is so timed with respect to the rotor I that the stop fingers I51 are withdrawn at the proper moment to release each sheet or card C for further advance in the machine by a pair of circumferentially grooved nip rolls I61, I68, to meet with the area of the strip S overlying the platen bar 25 of said rotor for reception of an imprint from such sheet or card immediately after said area has been moistened by contact with the applicator roll I00 of the moistening device ml. The shaft of the lower nip roll I0! is rotatively supported in hearings on the side frames of the machine; while the upper nip roll I 68 is carried by 

